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Extremely Stretchable and Fast Self-Healing Hydrogels

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2016-04-09

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Jeon, Insu, Jiaxi Cui, Widusha R. K. Illeperuma, Joanna Aizenberg, and Joost J. Vlassak. 2016. “Extremely Stretchable and Fast Self-Healing Hydrogels.” Advanced Materials 28 (23): 4678–83. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201600480.

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Dynamic crosslinking of extremely stretchable hydrogels with rapid self-healing ability is described. Using this new strategy, the obtained hydrogels are able to elongate 100 times compared to their initial length and to completely self-heal within 30 s without external energy input.

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Mechanical Engineering, General Materials Science, Mechanics of Materials

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